Podcast: How South Africa Became Our ‘Win-Win’ Hub for Crewing

Available now on Future Bound

With complementing the nationalities aboard our vessels an important and valuable experience for our sailors, hear how South Africa’s Ugu district became a ‘new center of gravity’ for our crewing needs.

Host: Liv Dyrnes, CFO Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC)

Guest: Torbjørn Edie, VP Maritime Personnel Klaveness Ship Management (KSM)

With KCC’s specialist combination carriers requiring specific competence, Liv Dyrnes quizzes Edie on how he and his team have spent the past 10 years developing South Africa’s Ugu District as our new ‘center of gravity’ for recruiting the skilled seafarers now serving as Ratings and Cadets in the fleet.

Discussion points include:

• An introduction to KSM’s ‘Manpower Development Program’ and its legacy of enhancing social welfare in less fortunate regions

• Why our seafarers need a particular level of competence for serving the combination carriers

• The history of our pool of seafarers and how the project in South Africa was triggered

• Overcoming unexpected obstacles and hurdles along the way

• How the pool of seafarers has since developed and looking ahead

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